Yeah - Pete doing more lead vocals would be a treat !! The guy just keeps going from strength to strength since his Grendel days .]]>
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Author: Mr. MustardSubject: 92458Posted: June 04 2013 at 23:15

Neal is easily my favorite vocalist. He has that nasally and quirky vocal side especially in Spock's, and then of course the emotional preachy side. Pretty diverse singer even if it might get samey after a while. Similar to Paul McCartney in this regard, who is also one of my favorites.

As far as Transatlantic goes, I simply can't wait for the new album. The band hasn't put out anything I don't like.

How could it possibly be bland when you have easily the most melodically gifted composers of modern prog in Neal and Roine, and a solid rhythm section in Pete and Mike. I'm glad they're back to the SMPTe/BAC format with the longer epics and the few shorter songs, even though I did really like the Whirlwind. I just hope Pete gets more vocal parts.

But yeah, I guess it would be nice to hear less Neal and more the other guys vocally on this next one. Not that I don't like his voice, it is pretty repetitive at times I must admit. And speaking of the Whirlwind, I loved it from the beginning to the end. Maybe even more than BaF, hard to say.]]>
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Author: MorsenatorSubject: 92458Posted: June 04 2013 at 12:13

Yeah the way I think of it is that his "Catfish Man" voice is part of all of this in one man being Neal. So have a nice day, so go ahead and have a nice day now!

Now don't any of you give any hint of dislike to the Horrible Catfish Man there]]>
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Author: AlexDOMSubject: 92458Posted: June 04 2013 at 09:56